Wagons in vintage Street scenes

Looking east, February 1967. The Tops Service Station and 317 W Pettigrew are still standing in this picture, but wouldn’t be for long.
(Courtesy Herald-Sun)

 

Westwood Village, Los Angeles, 1957.
Corner of Westwood Bl. and Lindbrook Dr.
Notice the '57 Buick Caballero parked in front of the Ralphs Grocery.
I worked in this area from 1968 - 1972.


Farmer's Market, Hollywood CA, 1960 (approx.)
Popular attraction.......
Lived in Southern California most of my life, never been there.

 

Looking west-northwest from Oakwood, 1970s.
It did lose its first floor Corinthian columns after this picture, unfortunately, but the house has been owner-occupied for many years, and, well, I’m just glad it’s still here.

Looking west-northwest from Oakwood, 2007.

 

By the late 1920s, both corners of Jackson and Carr were developed with commercial buildings serving the employees at American Tobacco and the neighborhood.

410 Carr, northwest, 1965.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)

 

I love seeing before and after pics like these. I see that it not only had the columns changed but the windows and I don't see the door to the left nearby the tree. I would have kept some kind of window awnings. Cool pics.

 

From the back of the Health Department, looking west, April 8, 1955.
(Courtesy Herald-Sun)

 

This garage expanded during the mid 20th century, taking over the formerly residential parcels as parking lot. By the 1960s, it was the Elkins Motor Company dealership.

Looking northwest at the intersection of N. Roxboro and E. Parrish Sts., likely 1967-68 based on the car model year.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)

 

Looking southwest, 1966. The old jail is in the background.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)

Looking southwest, 1968.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)
This remains a vacant lot today, with some fairly useless green space where the barbershop used to be. Again – infill, infill, infill.

Looking southwest, 2007.

 

212 E. Parrish

214 E. Parrish

 

216-218 E. Parrish

 

Temple Baptist Church.
(From “Images of America: Durham, NC, by Steve Massengill”)
The original 1880s sanctuary and 1900s addition were still around in the mid 1950s.

Looking southeast from near S. Buchanan and W. Chapel Hill.
(Courtesy Herald-Sun)

 

Bittman Apts, with the Planters Warehouse and Fuller school in the background – looking northeast from the 100 block of Holloway, 1963?
(Courtesy Durham County Library)

 

Former site of Planter's warehouse


Looking northeast at the corner of Holloway and North Mangum, 1965.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)

 

Fire station #1
The new fire station bore some resemblance to the original, but reflected a more typical 1920s appearance, with Craftsman-style elements such as exposed rafter tails as well as multipane windows and doors. The doors were still side-hinged (swinging outward).

(Courtesy Durham County Library)
By 1960, the doors had been replaced with roll-up rather than swing-out doors.

(Courtesy Durham County Library)
Below, an aerial view from the early 1960s showing Fire Station #1 in context.

By 1964, a new fire station #1 was built at Cleveland and Morgan Sts. and this fire station was left empty. It was purchased and converted into offices during the early 1970s.

Former fire station #1, 1980s.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)
This is another Greenfire property, currently in the midst of renovation.

Looking east, 2007.

 

Former site of planter's warehouse

Looking north-northwest.
(Courtesy Durham County Library)